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demean

/dɪˈmiːn/

US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈmiːn/
dɪˈmiːn
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

dɪ - ˈmiːn -> demean

Myanmar meaning

(vt) မိမိကိုယ်ကို ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာကျစေသည်။

Full entry

demean /dÇ'mi:n/ v

(က) ~ oneself သိက္ခာချသည်။ နှိမ့်ချသည်။ အောက်ကျခံသည်။
I wouldn't demean myself by asking for favours from people like that.
(ခ) အရိုအသေမဲ့စေသော။ နှိမ့်ချသော။ နှိမ်သော။ images which are considered to demean women.
❏ demeaning adj ဂုဏ်ငယ်စေသော။ အောက်ကျသော။ သိက္ခာကျသော။
He found it very demeaning to have to work for his former employee.

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  • Advertisements like this demean women.
Synonyms
degrade, debase, humiliate, put down, disgrace, humble, lower, abase, bad-mouth, belittle, bemean, cast down, contemn, cut down to size, cut rate, decry, derogate, descend, despise, detract, dis, disparage, dump on, knock down, pan, poor-mouth, scorn, sink, stoop
Antonyms
admire, approve, boost, compliment, elevate, enhance, exalt, honor, improve, increase, laud, praise, rise, upgrade, uplift, value
Cross references
degradedebasehumiliateput downdisgracehumblelowerabasebad-mouthbelittlebemeancast downcontemncut down to sizecut ratedecryderogatedescenddespisedetractdisdisparagedump onknock downpanpoor-mouthscornsink
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